Leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) took a momentous decision in Maputo over the weekend—to shut the doors of the SADC Tribunal, preventing the region’s citizens from seeking justice for human rights abuses.

The shocking decision, which was taken at the annual summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in Maputo, not only left the tribunal in limbo but also rendered it completely toothless by denying individual access to the court.

A review by AfriMAP and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

25 April 2012

The report argues that Mozambique’s commitment to providing access to education in a country scarred by years of conflict, with an illiteracy rate of 90% in the 1970s, has yielded strong results. However, the sector still faces several difficulties that it must tackle urgently if it is to attain the MDG goal on education and gender parity.